English Law & Spanish Law

English law and Spanish law is an exceptionally rare and ambitious degree that prepares you for legal practice in two quite different legal systems, developed across two languages. English law is a common law system, founded on case law, precedent, and statute, with deeply embedded protections for individual rights and a strong tradition in commercial and financial law. Spanish law belongs to the civil law tradition, rooted in codified statutes that descend from Roman law and developed through centuries of Spanish legal development.

Studying both gives you a genuinely bi-juridical legal education of a kind offered at only a handful of institutions in the world.

King's College London's four-year full-time joint LLB and Grado en Derecho degree carries a typical entry tariff of 232 points, reflecting its demanding nature as a bilingual, dual-qualification programme. As the course itself describes, it provides a challenging bi-juridical and bilingual education respected by a wide range of employers, and it is equally suitable for students who want to practise in England or Wales with in-depth Spanish law knowledge, those who intend to practise in Spain, or those who aspire to careers in both jurisdictions. You will study both legal systems in their original languages, developing the ability to analyse, compare, and apply law across English and Spanish contexts.

Graduates are equipped for careers in international law firms, particularly those with offices in Spain or Latin America, in the European Union's legal institutions, in international arbitration, corporate law, finance law, and comparative legal research. The combination of two legal qualifications and bilingual legal competence is genuinely rare and highly valued by employers in cross-border legal practice. Postgraduate legal training in either or both jurisdictions is the natural next step for those wishing to qualify to practise as a lawyer.